Annealing-furnace.



V. E. LANE.

ANNEALING FURNACE APPLICATION FILED APR.

Patented. Jan. 28, 1919.

/A/m/A/Aw a work-supporting table; in registration with said mulie, means for raising and lowering- 2. The combination'with a furnace, 'of al mattie therein open at its bottom, a base for supporting Said furnace and inutile having a registering opening, means or-water-sealing the opening in said base, a table registering with ythe opening in said base andy muffie, means for raising and lowering said table through the water-seal, the iowered position of said table being beneath said base, and a tunnel extendingbeneath said base and having its bottom substantially flush with the top of said table when in lowered position, said tunnel forming means for introducing and withdrawing the work beneath the water-seal.

3. The combination with a furnace, of a inutile therein open at its bottom, a base for supporting said furnace and In'ufHe having a mener? registering opening, a ,pit beneath and registering with the opening in said base and mui'iie, a table and raising and lowering mechanism therefor locatedin said pit, and a tunnel beneath said base laterally communicating With said pit, said pit and tunnel being filled with Water to a level which seals the opening through said base. l

4. The combination with a furnace, of a inutile therein open at its bottom, a base for supporting said furnace and muflle and' having a registering opening therethrough, a

v pit beneath the opening in said base, a tunnel extending laterally beneath said base communicating with said pit' and having 40 upward inclinations at its opposite ends, a' table in said pit, and means also within said pit for raising and lowering said table, the lowered position being substantially Hush with the bottoni of said tunnel and the up- 45 ward position being above the Water-seal and sb as to hold vthe Work thereon in the muiie chamber.

,In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

VICTOR E. LANE. 

